"I would say go and experience the trip. Experience what I did. To see this memorial that is built, that is dedicated to 16 million. You're going there in place of the other 16 million that can't go," said WWII veteran Julian Plaster, who went in 2011.

Plaster's photo and poetry are published in the Honor Flight book.

He and other World War II veterans will be signing copies of it at a fundraiser Saturday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Wisconsin Harley-Davidson in Oconomowoc.

. NEW THIS MORNING. LOCAL WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS ARE WANTED, FOR A FREE TRIP TO WASHINGTON D-C. THE STARS AND STRIPES HONOR FLIGHT TAKES WAR VETERANS TO THE NATION'S CAPITOL, ON A ONE-DAY TRIP, AT NO CHARGE, TO SEE THEIR MEMORIALS. SINCE 2008, THEY'VE FLOWN NEARLY THREE THOUSAND VETERANS FROM SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. MOST ARE WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS. WITH FIVE FLIGHTS SCHEDULED THIS YEAR, HONOR FLIGHT IS TRYING TO FIND WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS IN WISCONSIN WHO HAVE NOT MADE THE TRIP. PAULA NELSON/PRESIDENT, STARS AND STRIPES HONOR FLIGHT BUT IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TRY TO GET TO EVERY NUK AND CRANNY OF THE STATE AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WORLD WAR TWO VETS KNOW ABOUT US AND HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE THANKED FOR THEIR SERVICE AND FEEL THE LOVE AND APPRECIATE OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEIR COUNTRY. HONOR FLIGHT IS PRETTY WELL KNOWN IN THIS AREA. BUT SHE SAYS THERE ARE VETERANS IN WISCONSIN THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM OR UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITY. THEY ALSO FLY KOREAN WAR AND TERMINALLY ILL VETERANS FROM OTHER CONFLICTS, AGAIN, AT NO CHARGE. ALSO NEW THIS MORNING. A FUNDRAISER WILL BE HELD TOMORROW, WITH THE HONOR FLIGHT BOOK -- IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. MONEY RAISED BY BOOK SALES WILL GO TO THE STARS AND STRIPES HONOR FLIGHT AND FISHER HOUSE. A BOOK SIGNING WITH WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS WILL BE HELD AT WISCONSIN HARLEY DAVIDSON IN OCONOMOWOC, FROM 11 A-M UNTIL TWO IN THE AFTERNOON.